Roblox to give parents more control over children’s activity after warnings over grooming

Parents will be able to see who children interact with and ensure they cannot play games with graphic violence as report accuses company of lax safety controls

What is Roblox? Everything you need to know about the online game platform

Parents are to get greater oversight of children’s activity on the platform. But what has brought on the changes?

Australian parliamentary inquiry stops short of backing social media ban for under-16s

Joint committee supports giving users the power to alter, reset or turn off algorithms but hedges on key question of age bar

Hi-tech recreation of Richard III’s voice has a Yorkshire accent

A digital avatar of the king’s head, complete with ‘meticulously researched’ voice, is on display at York Theatre Royal

My child is at camp and my phone pings nonstop with photos. Does anyone really want this?

Streams of images sent to parents not only threaten children’s privacy – they can damage their sense of self

AI could cause ‘social ruptures’ between people who disagree on its sentience

Leading philosopher says issue is ‘no longer one for sci-fi’ as dawn of AI consciousness is predicted for 2035

Lost your sense of direction? Turn off your phone and you’ll soon reconnect

Tech giants said today’s digital native kids would be the first generation who would not know what it meant to get lost. But is that a good thing?

Is this (finally) the end for X? Delicate Musk-Trump relationship and growing rivals spell trouble for platform

The former Twitter could fade away, or help shape a dark future hosting voices of a new authoritarian world

How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world

In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

‘Have your bot speak to my bot’: can AI productivity apps turbocharge my life?

I tried out organisational software to help streamline my work and build a ‘second brain’. I never knew there were so many different ways to take notes…

Post Office inquiry: hopes for delivery of good news dwindles

With the hearings in their final phase, there has been less movement on the issues besetting the organisation than might have been hoped

Get away, grizzly: why scientists are chasing bears with drones

Wildlife experts in US west have found small aircraft are ideal for protecting humans and livestock from predators

Elon Musk is not America’s new king. But he might be its new Thomas Cromwell

The billionaire was indispensable to Trump’s campaign and now has a senior job. He is about to become dangerously useful

Best Christmas gifts for tweens, as chosen by 9- to 12-year-olds themselves, from Jellycat toys to slime

Put Santa on alert – it’s Deadpool figures, bracelet-making kits, laptops and, yep, slime sets that are topping tweens’ Christmas present lists

What is Bluesky and why are so many people suddenly leaving X for the platform?

Users turn to the heavily moderated network after warnings about misinformation on Elon Musk’s X